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ERIC Number: EJ642138
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-6620
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"To Form a More Perfect Union": How a University and a Public School District Collaborated To Create a Field-Based Master's Degree Program in Elementary Education.
Sandefur, Sarah Jo; Moore, Leeann; Stetson, Elton G.; Anderson, Karen A.; Foote, Martha M.; Vaughan, Joseph L.; Weaver, Susan
Action in Teacher Education, v23 n2 p58-65 Sum 2001
Illustrates how a public school district and state university collaboratively developed a field-based master's degree program in elementary education that aligned both the graduate curriculum with classroom teachers' needs and district staff development with the university curriculum requirements. The article describes the program, governing principles, the curriculum, staff development components, and faculty and student perceptions of the program. (SM)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Masters Degrees, Partnerships in Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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